The Revenant

A young woman is haunted by an encounter with an unknown man one evening. She cannot account for the sense of familiarity the stranger brings with him, or for his aura of solitude and sadness. It is only later that she realises the strange connection that exists between them – and the tragedy that still continues to haunt the present. More

“And then, I must tell you, I became afraid. I did not know exactly what I was afraid of, but every hair on my body stood up, and my heart hammered, and my breath felt sharp and painful. I was possessed by a sense of the uncanny, of something that my cosy little world had never had to accommodate and which I could not explain.”

A young woman is haunted by an encounter with an unknown man one evening. She cannot account for the sense of familiarity the stranger brings with him, or for his aura of solitude and sadness. It is only later that she realises the strange connection that exists between them – and the tragedy that still continues to haunt the present.

A short story of 3,800 words, THE REVENANT is a tale of love and longing from beyond the grave.

Mari Biella was born in Wiltshire and grew up in Wales. She has been writing from an early age, and her mother still has some highly embarrassing poems and stories to prove it. Her published works are "The Quickening", a psychological ghost story set in the Victorian Age, and "Loving Imogen", a collection consisting of a novella and three short stories. Her free short story, "The Song of the Sea", may be downloaded at Smashwords.

Mari currently lives in Northern Italy with her husband. She’ll read just about anything she can get her hands on, but particularly enjoys literary fiction, psychological horror, and crime fiction. She blogs at http://maribiella.wordpress.com/ and www.authorselectric.blogspot.com/, and tweets as @MariBiella1. Find her on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/mari.biella or on Goodreads at http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5817666.Mari_Biella.